Fun seeking Benue man drowns in Ogun River

• The command further admonished fun seekers, visitors and other residents of the state to stay away from swimming in rivers whose depths are unknown

One Sunday Ogah has drowned in the Eyinwa River in the Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The incident has flung Eyinwa community into despair and grief.

The deceased, who’s from Benue State, met his end on Saturday afternoon after he went to the river to have fun during a visit to the community with his friend, Otusanya Abayomi.

According to a source who’s familiar with the incident. the victim did not tell his friend before he left for the river to swim.

The Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident to newsmen.

He said that efforts were ongoing to recover Ogah’s corpse and inform his relatives about the incident.

She said, “It was a disheartening afternoon for people of Eyinwa Community in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State where one Otusanya Abayomi’m’ of Igbe Ilara Ikorodu, Lagos State, reported at Odogbolu Divisional Police Station that at about 1200hrs today, March 30, 2024, he came with his friend, one Sunday, Ogah’m’, an Igede man from Benue State to his community.

“He stated further that his friend left him and others at an unknown destination without notifying anyone. Information later got to him that the said Sunday Ogah’m’ had gone to swim at the Eyinwa River, where he got drowned.

“Upon the receipt of the information, the DPO Odogbolu detailed surveillance police officers in collaboration with some local divers to locate the corpse, but their efforts proved abortive.”

The command further admonished fun seekers, visitors and other residents of the state to stay away from swimming in rivers whose depths are unknown.

“The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Police Command, CP Alamutu Abiodun, while extending his deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased during this difficult time, assured that the Command remains committed to promoting public safety and preventing such tragedies in the future,” Odutola added via WhatsApp message.